Composite sensor package

ABSTRACT

A composite sensor package includes: a substrate; a first sensor and a second sensor, which are arranged on the substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween; a signal processing device disposed on the substrate and processing a signal transmitted through the first and second sensors; and a cover disposed on the substrate, and including a package accommodation space enclosing the first sensor, the second sensor and the signal processing device, wherein the first sensor senses a state of air introduced from an outside and transmits the introduced air to the package accommodation space, and the second sensor senses the state of the air, which passes through the first sensor so as to flow into the package accommodation space.

BACKGROUND 1. Technical Field

The present invention relates to a composite sensor package, and moreparticularly, to a composite sensor package in which an environmentalsensor is additionally provided in a microphone for voice recognition,thereby enabling recognition of an environmental condition together withvoice recognition operation of the microphone.

2. Description of Related Art

In general, acoustic devices generate sound by vibrating a diaphragmusing electrodes, and according to recent technology development, agreat progress has been made in the field of acoustic devices.

Such acoustic devices are being used in various fields such as portableterminals, hearing aids, and the like, and size of the acoustic deviceitself has been downsized according to slimming of apparatuses to whichthe audio device is applied.

In addition, recently, microphones using micro electro mechanicalsystems (MEMS) of semiconductor technology have been developed and used.MEMS is a technology that enables the fabrication of small mechanicalcomponents on a surface of a silicon wafer. Such MEMS microphones may beclassified into an electrostatic type and a piezoelectric type, andinclude a general condenser type.

Meanwhile, as conditions that a gas sensor should have, it is requiredto have characteristics such as quickness showing how quickly it canreact, sensitivity showing how much a minute amount can be detected,durability showing how long it can be operated, and economic efficiencyshowing how much affordably consumers can use a sensor.

In addition, in order to combine with a conventional semiconductorprocess technology, it is necessary to have characteristics that areeasy to integrate and arrange. As a practical gas sensor, household gasleak alarms made of tin oxide (SnO2) as a material are widely used. Inthe operation principle, there is a semiconductor type using a change inresistance value according to a change in amount of gas, and anoscillator type using a change in frequency when a gas is adsorbed to anoscillator oscillating with a certain frequency. Most gas sensors use asemiconductor type which has a simple circuit and exhibits stablethermal characteristics at room temperature.

Meanwhile, in the case of a conventional microphone sensor, only afunction of recognizing a voice is performed by being configuredindependently of the gas sensor and inputting the voice. At this point,the microphone sensor has an air passage hole formed on a substrate sothat it can be connected to the outside to allow air to passtherethrough.

In addition, a conventional gas sensor is configured independently ofthe microphone sensor and performs gas detection with respect to aninput signal.

However, in the case of the above-described microphone or gas sensor,when the microphone and the gas sensor are separately formed on therespective substrates independently of each other, and accordingly, whenthe microphone and the gas sensor are respectively configured in adevice such as a mobile terminal, there is a problem in that packagecost is increased due to increasing of a mounting area.

SUMMARY

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided acomposite sensor package in which a microphone sensor and anenvironmental sensor may be configured as one integrated package.

In addition, in an embodiment according to the present invention, thereis provided a composite sensor package having the same signal as aninput signal of a microphone sensor so that a sensing operation isperformed by an environmental sensor.

Technical problems to be solved by the embodiments proposed herein arenot limited to those mentioned above, and other unmentioned technicalaspects should be clearly understood by one of ordinary skill in the artto which the embodiments proposed herein pertain from the descriptionbelow.

A composite sensor package according to an embodiment includes: asubstrate; a first sensor and a second sensor disposed on the substrateat a predetermined distance therebetween; a signal processing devicedisposed on the substrate and processing a signal transmitted via thefirst and second sensors; and a cover disposed on the substrate andincluding a package accommodation space surrounding the first sensor,the second sensor and the signal processing device, wherein the secondsensor senses a state of air passing the first sensor and introducedinto the package accommodation space.

In addition, the substrate includes a through hole formed at a region inwhich the first sensor is disposed and transmitting a sound wave to thefirst sensor.

Further, the first sensor detects a sound wave introduced through thethrough hole, and passes through air that has transmitted the introducedsound wave and transmits the air to the package accommodation space.

Furthermore, the first sensor is a microphone sensor, and the secondsensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor,a pressure sensor, and a gas sensor for sensing a state of the air thathas transmitted the sound wave.

In addition, the first sensor includes a sensor body disposed on thesubstrate and having a hollow portion formed at a region correspondingto the through hole, a vibrating membrane covering the hollow portionand disposed on the sensor body and having a first air passage holeformed therein, and a back plate supported by the sensor body anddisposed on the vibrating membrane and having a second air passage holeformed therein.

Further, the first sensor outputs a signal corresponding to a change inthe distance between the vibrating membrane and the back plate due tovibration generated by the sound wave, and transmits the air that hastransmitted the sound wave through the first air passage hole and thesecond air passage hole to the package accommodation space.

In addition, the first sensor includes a sensor body disposed on thesubstrate and having a hollow portion formed at a region correspondingto the through hole, a back plate covering the hollow portion anddisposed on the sensor body and having an air passage hole formedtherein, and a membrane supported by a spring by the sensor body anddisposed on the back plate.

Further, the back plate is disposed on an upper portion and a lowerportion of the membrane, respectively, with the membrane therebetween.

Furthermore, the first sensor outputs a signal corresponding a change inthe distance between the vibrating membrane and the back plate due tovibration generated by the sound wave, and transmits the air that hastransmitted the sound wave through the air passage hole and the springto the package accommodation space.

In addition, the first sensor includes a sensor body disposed on thesubstrate and having a hollow portion formed at a region correspondingto the through hole, a first metal layer disposed on the sensor body andincluding molybdenum, and a second metal layer disposed between theplurality of first metal layers and including aluminum nitride, and anair passage hole is formed at the first metal layer and the second metallayer to pass the air that has transmitted the sound wave.

Further, the first sensor includes a sensor body disposed on thesubstrate and having a hollow portion formed at a region correspondingto the through hole, a back plate disposed on the sensor body, and avibrating membrane disposed on the back plate, with a spacertherebetween, and an air passage hole is formed at a lower portion ofthe sensor body to transmit the air that has transmitted the sound waveto the package accommodation space.

In addition, the second sensor includes a body disposed on thesubstrate, and a sensing part disposed on a surface of the body anddetecting a state of the air passing the first sensor and diffused intothe package accommodation space.

Meanwhile, a composite sensor package according to another embodimentincludes: a substrate; a case covering an upper region of the substrateand including a first accommodation space therein; a first sensordisposed in the first accommodation space on the substrate and includinga second accommodation space therein; and a second sensor disposed in anaccommodating space of the first sensor, wherein the second sensor isdisposed in the first sensor and senses a state of air passing the firstsensor and introduced into the second accommodation space.

In addition, the case includes a through hole formed at a region inwhich the first sensor is disposed and transmitting a sound wave to thefirst sensor.

In addition, the first sensor detects a sound wave introduced throughthe through hole, and passes air that has transmitted the introducedsound wave and transmits the air to the second accommodation spacetherein.

In addition, the first sensor is a microphone sensor, and the secondsensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor,a pressure sensor, and a gas sensor for sensing a state of the air thathas transmitted the sound wave.

In addition, the composite sensor package further includes a signalprocessing device, which is disposed in the second accommodation spacefor processing output signals of the first sensor and the second sensor.

In addition, the composite sensor package further includes a signalinput/output pad, which is disposed on a lower surface of the substrateand electrically connected to the signal processing device.

In addition, the first sensor includes a diaphragm vibrated by a soundwave transmitted through the through hole to generate a change inelectric field, a back electrode plate disposed under the diaphragm andin which stored electric charges change due to a change in vibrationtransmitted from the diaphragm, and a connection part disposed betweenthe back electrode plate and the substrate and spacing apart between theback electrode plate and the substrate to form the second accommodatingspace.

In addition, a first air passage hole is formed at the first diaphragm,a second air passage hole is formed at the second diaphragm, and the airthat has transmitted the sound wave through the first and second airpassage holes is transmitted into the second accommodation space.

Advantageous Effects

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an integratedpackage is configured by integrating a microphone sensor and anenvironmental sensor having the same requirement for a configuration ofa package, thereby improving performance while reducing a size or costof a sensor.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, byforming only one inlet hole through which external air may flow into acomposite sensor package, it is possible to reduce malfunction of asensor due to the introducing of dust, moisture or the like, which isgenerated as the inlet hole increases.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as voicerecognition is performed via the microphone sensor by configuring amicrophone sensor and a gas sensor as an integrated package, it ispossible to easily check health information of a user who has performedthe voice recognition.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, byallowing the same air to flow into a microphone sensor and a gas sensor,it is possible to make a voice signal (air) of only a user used in thevoice recognition flow into the gas sensor, so that a more accuratecheck of health condition can be performed, thereby improving usersatisfaction.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic configuration of a compositesensor package according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the composite sensor packageaccording to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3 to 6 are views illustrating various embodiments of a firstsensor 120 shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an operation principle of the compositesensor package according to the first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a first sensor 120 of a condenser typeaccording to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view for explaining an operation principle of a compositesensor package according to a second embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a detailed structure of a second sensorshown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is a view illustrating a structure of the composite sensorpackage according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a detailed structure ofthe composite sensor package shown in FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 is a view for explaining an operation principle of the compositesensor package shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Advantages, features, and methods of achieving the same of the presentdisclosure will become clear upon referring to embodiments describedbelow in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However,the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments disclosed belowand may be implemented in various other forms. The embodiments aremerely provided to make the disclosure of the present disclosurecomplete and completely inform one of ordinary skill in the art to whichthe present disclosure pertains of the scope of the present disclosure.The present disclosure is defined only by the scope of the claims below.Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In describing embodiments of the present disclosure, when detaileddescription of a known function or configuration is deemed tounnecessarily blur the gist of the present disclosure, the detaileddescription will be omitted. Terms described below are terms defined inconsideration of functions in the embodiments of the present disclosureand may vary depending on the intention of a user or operator or apractice. Therefore, such terms should be defined on the basis of theentire contents disclosed herein.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be shown more apparent through thedescription of the appended drawings and embodiments. In the descriptionof the embodiment, when it is described that each layer (film), region,pattern, or structure is formed “above/on” or “below/under” a substrate,each layer (film), region, pad or pattern, the description includesbeing formed both “directly” or “indirectly (by interposing anotherlayer)” “above/on” or “below/under”. Also, a thickness or size of eachlayer in the drawings is exaggerated, omitted, or schematicallyillustrated for convenience of explanation or clarity. In addition, thesize of each component does not totally reflect its actual size.Hereinafter, the embodiments will be described with reference to thedrawings.

[Package Structure According to a First Embodiment]

A typical micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) microphone isclassified into an electrostatic type, piezoelectric type and condensertype.

The electrostatic type microphone uses the principle in which aresistance value changes by vibration, the piezoelectric type microphoneuses a piezo effect in which a potential difference is generated at bothends of a diaphragm, and the condenser type microphone has a structurein which one metal plate of two metal plates is a back plate, and has anair gap of several to several tens of μm between two electrodes so thatthe other diaphragm may vibrate in response to an acoustic signal.

In the present invention, regardless of the type of the microphones, amicrophone sensor and an environmental sensor are composed into oneintegrated package so that voice recognition is performed via themicrophone sensor, and simultaneously, an environmental condition issensed via the environmental sensor.

Here, the environmental sensor may include a gas sensor, a pressuresensor, a humidity sensor, and the like. Hereinafter, for convenience ofexplanation, it is explained that the environmental sensor isconstituted with a gas sensor. However, this is only an embodiment ofthe present invention, and it will be obvious to a person skilled in theart that the sensor constituted together with the microphone sensor maybe constituted with a pressure sensor or a humidity sensor other thanthe gas sensor.

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic configuration of a compositesensor package according to a first embodiment of the present invention,and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the composite sensor packageaccording to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a composite sensor package 100 includes asubstrate 110, a first sensor 120, a second sensor 130, a signalprocessing device 140, a cover 150, and a connection member 160.

The substrate 110 is a support substrate of a composite sensor in whicha circuit pattern is formed. At this point, the substrate 110 may referto an insulating layer region in which any one circuit pattern of thesubstrate having a plurality of stacked structures is formed.

The substrate 110 forms an insulating plate, may be a thermosetting orthermoplastic polymer substrate, a ceramic substrate, anorganic-inorganic composite material substrate, or a glassfiber-impregnated substrate. The substrate 110 may include anepoxy-based insulating resin such as FR-4, bismaleimide triazine (BT)and Ajinomoto build-up film (ABF) when including a polymer resin, oralso include a polyimide-based resin unlike the above, but is notparticularly limited thereto.

Preferably, the substrate 110 may be a substrate having high heatdissipation characteristics. For this, at least one additive may beadded to a ceramic resin of a ceramic material in the substrate 110.

Here, the additive to be added to the ceramic resin is preferably anitride filler. The nitride filler to be added to the ceramic resin mayinclude at least one of BN, AlN, Al₂O₃, and MgO.

That is, in the case of a substrate of general FR4 material, thermalconductivity is as low as 0.5 W/mK, and accordingly heat generated in adevice may not be smoothly discharged to an outside and the temperaturegradient between a hot junction and a cold junction of a sensorconstituting the device may be unstable and temperature accuracy may below.

In addition, in the case of a ceramic substrate, the thermalconductivity indicates high temperature accuracy at the level of 20W/mK, but the price is high.

Therefore, in the present invention, the nitride filler is added to theceramic resin as described above to have thermal conductivity of 20 W/mKsimilar to that of the ceramic substrate, and the plurality of devicesare mounted by using a new heat dissipation substrate which is cheaperthan the ceramic substrate.

At least one circuit pattern (not shown) is formed at least one of anupper surface and a lower surface of the substrate 110. The circuitpattern is connected to the first sensor 120, the second sensor 130, andthe signal processing device 140 via the connection member 160,respectively.

The circuit pattern may be formed by a general process of manufacturinga printed circuit board (PCB), such as an additive process, asubtractive process, a modified semi additive process (MSAP), a semiadditive process (SAP), etc., and detailed descriptions thereof will beomitted herein.

Meanwhile, the circuit pattern may include a plurality of patternsdisposed to be spaced apart on the substrate 110 at a predetermineddistance.

The circuit pattern may include at least one of a surface treatmentplated layer of, silver, gold, and tin to copper.

A via (not shown) may be additionally formed at the substrate 110. Thevia may electrically connect circuit patterns formed on differentsurfaces of the substrate 110 to each other.

For example, the circuit pattern may be further formed at the lowersurface of the substrate 110, and the circuit pattern formed at thelower surface may be electrically connected to the circuit patternformed at the upper surface of the substrate 110 through the via.Therefore, the circuit pattern formed at the lower surface of thesubstrate 110 may be used as an output pad for transmitting outputsignals from the first sensor 120, the second sensor 130, and the signalprocessing device 140 to the outside, and may be used as an input padfor transmitting a input signal from the outside to the first sensor120, the second sensor 130, and the signal processing device 140.

Meanwhile, the substrate 110 may be made of a silicon substrate, and athrough hole 160 is formed at a specific position. The through hole 160may be an air inlet for introducing air, and a sound that has beentransmitted from a specific user through the air inlet is introducedinto the package through the through hole 160 of the substrate 110.

The first sensor 120, the second sensor 130, and the signal processingdevice 140 are disposed on the substrate 110 at a predetermineddistance.

At this point, the signal processing device 140 may be disposed betweenthe first sensor 120 and the second sensor 130 so that a sensing signalobtained via the first sensor 120 and the second sensor 130 may bereceived and processed, respectively.

When the signal processing device 140 is disposed between the firstsensor 120 and the second sensor 130, electrical connection between thefirst sensor 120 and the second sensor 130 is easier so that theelectrical connection may be made even with a shorter pattern, and thuselectrical reliability can be further improved.

The first sensor 120 is a microphone sensor that converts a voice intoan electrical signal. The first sensor 120 converts the voice into anelectrical signal by at least one of an electrostatic method, apiezoelectric method, and a condenser method.

The first sensor 120 is disposed at a position in which the through hole160 is formed, of the upper surface of the substrate 110. In particular,the first sensor 120 receives a sound wave through the through hole 160,and vibration is generated by the received sound wave to recognize thevoice.

At this point, the first sensor 120 has a membrane structure, so thatthe first sensor 120 includes a hollow portion of the membranestructure. In addition, the hollow portion of the first sensor 120 isdisposed at a position extending vertically to the through hole 160 inorder to receive a sound wave introduced through the through hole 160.

In other words, the hollow portion formed at a lower center of the firstsensor 120 is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate 110 thatextends vertically from the through hole 160. Therefore, the firstsensor 120 may receive a sound wave included in air introduced from thethrough hole 160 without loss, and output an electric signalcorresponding to a change in vibration due to the input sound wave.

The first sensor 120 receives the sound wave introduced through thethrough hole 160 and simultaneously, diffuses the air that hastransmitted the sound wave into a package body.

In other words, the first sensor 120 receives the sound wave into asensor accommodation space to recognize the voice and simultaneously,passes the air that has transmitted the sound wave into a packageaccommodation space surrounding the first sensor 120, the second sensor130 and the signal processing device 140.

In other words, when a voice is output from the user, the sound wavecorresponding to the voice is carried in the air and introduced into thethrough hole 160, and the sound wave introduced into the through hole160 vibrates the first sensor 120.

In addition, the first sensor 120 recognizes and outputs a voiceaccording to the generated vibration. At this point, the first sensor120 pass the air that has transmitted the sound wave into the packageaccommodation space, so that specific state information by the air thathas passed is detected via the second sensor 130.

At this point, the first sensor 120 may be implemented by any one of theelectrostatic method, the piezoelectric method, and the condenser methodas described above, and a passing path of the air is changed accordingto the implementation method.

That is, when the first sensor 120 is an electrostatic type or apiezoelectric type, an air hole (to be described later) may be formed ata layer for detecting the sound wave, and the air may be moved into thepackage accommodation space in the first sensor 120 through the airhole. Therefore, when the first sensor 120 is implemented by anelectrostatic method or a piezoelectric method, the air may be passedwithout changing a structure of a conventional microphone sensor.

However, when the first sensor 120 is implemented by a condenser method,in the condenser method, the air hole may not be formed in at least oneof the layers for detecting the sound wave, and the air may not beintroduced into the package accommodation space via the first sensor 120due to the layer in which the air hole is not formed.

In this case, according to the present invention, an air passage hole isformed to pass the air in a specific region of the first sensor 120within a range not causing loss of the sound wave, so that the airpasses the first sensor 120 through the formed air passage hole so as tobe introduced into the package accommodation space.

The second sensor 130 is disposed at a region, which is spaced apartfrom the first sensor 120 of the upper surface of the substrate 110 at apredetermined distance.

The second sensor 130 senses the air introduced into the packageaccommodation space and outputs a sensing signal corresponding thereto.

The second sensor 130 may include at least one of a temperature sensor,a pressure sensor, a moisture sensor, and a gas sensor.

In other words, the second sensor 130 may be a pressure sensor thatdetects a pressure of the air that has passed the first sensor 120.Alternatively, the second sensor 130 may be a temperature sensor thatdetects a temperature of the air that has passed the first sensor 120.Alternatively, the second sensor 130 may be a moisture sensor thatdetects moisture included in the air that has passed the first sensor120. Alternatively, the second sensor 130 may be a gas sensor thatdetects a gas included in the air that has passed the first sensor 120.

In this case, the second sensor 130 may be a health informationacquisition sensor for checking a health state of a user who generatesan input signal to the first sensor 120.

That is, the user generates a voice into the through hole 160 of thecomposite sensor package. At this point, the first sensor 120 detects asound wave corresponding to the voice of the user introduced into thethrough hole 160. At this point, in the air that has transmitted thesound wave, pressure, humidity, temperature, gas concentration, and thelike change depending on the health state of the user who generates thesound wave.

In other words, for example, when a health condition of the user isabnormal, a specific gas is included in the air that has transmitted thesound wave.

That is, when the user has diabetic symptoms, an acetone gas may beincluded in the air that has transmitted the sound wave. In addition,when the user has a lung cancer symptom, a toluene gas may be includedin the air that has transmitted the sound wave. Further, when the userhas a kidney disease, an ammonia gas may be included in the air that hastransmitted the sound wave. Furthermore, when the user has a liverdisease, an amine gas may be included in the air that has transmittedthe sound wave.

Accordingly, the second sensor 130 detects at least one of the pressure,gas, temperature, and humidity of the air that has transmitted the soundwave, and outputs the detected state signal.

In other words, the first sensor 120 and the second sensor 130 accordingto the present invention operate in combination with each other, andthus, this means that an operation of the second sensor 130 is performedin cooperation with an operation of the first sensor 120. In otherwords, when a voice is generated from the user, the first sensor 120detects a sound wave corresponding to the voice of the user, and thesecond sensor 130 detects a state of the air that has transmitted thesound wave.

Meanwhile, the first sensor 120 and the second sensor 130 may operateindependently without cooperating with each other. In other words, thesecond sensor 130 can detect the gas state, the humidity state, thetemperature state, the pressure state, and the like for the space inwhich the composite sensor package is installed, in a state in which nouser voice is generated.

However, preferably, the second sensor 130 is operated together with thefirst sensor 120 so that the first sensor 120 may detect a healthcondition of the user who generates the sound wave.

A signal processing device 140 is disposed to be spaced apart from thefirst sensor 120 and the second sensor 130 at a predetermined distanceon the substrate 110. The signal processing device 140 receives asensing signal of the first sensor 120 and a sensing signal of thesecond sensor 130, respectively, and processes the received sensingsignal.

At this point, the signal processing device 140 is preferably disposedbetween the first sensor 120 and the second sensor 130 for ease ofconnection of a signal line.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, only one signal processing device140 is disposed on the substrate 110, but this is only an embodiment,and a first signal processing device for processing a sensing signal ofthe first sensor 120 and a second signal processing device forprocessing a sensing signal of the second sensor 130 may be disposed onthe substrate 110, respectively.

The signal processing device 140 is a device connected to the firstsensor 120 and the second sensor 130 to process an electrical signal, sothat the signal processing device 140 may be an application specificintegrated circuit (ASIC).

At this point, the signal processing device 140 may include a voltagepump (not shown) for providing a voltage to the first sensor 120 and abuffer (not shown) for amplifying or impedance-matching an electricalacoustic signal sensed via the first sensor 120 to output to theoutside. Here, the voltage pump may be implemented as a DC-DC converter,and the buffer may be implemented as an analog-to-digital converter(ADC).

A cover 150 is disposed on the substrate 110 to surround the firstsensor 120, the second sensor 130 and the signal processing device 140mounted on the substrate 110.

In particular, the cover 150 may be configured with a rectangularbarrel, a cylinder, an elliptical barrel, and a polygonal barrel, havinga connection surface opened with the substrate 110 to mount the firstsensor 120, the second sensor 130, and the signal processing device 140thereon.

The cover 150 may be formed of a metal material such as brass or copper,stainless steel, aluminum, or a nickel alloy, and may be used by platinggold or silver. In addition, the cover 150 may have various shapes suchas a circular shape or a square shape, or a shape in which a wingprotrudes at an end portion of the cover.

Meanwhile, the cover 150 may be fixed on the substrate 110 by aprovisional welding. At this point, the provisional welding may beperformed by a laser. However, this is only an embodiment, and the cover150 may be fixed on the substrate 110 by a method such as soldering orpunching, and alternatively, the cover 150 may be fixed on the substrate110 by an adhesive such as conductive or non-conductive epoxy, silverpaste, silicone, urethane, acrylic and cream solder or the like.

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention,since an integrated package may be configured by integrating amicrophone sensor and an environmental sensor having the samerequirement for the package configuration, it is possible to improveperformance while reducing the size or cost of a sensor.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, sinceonly one inlet hole capable of introducing the outside air into thecomposite sensor package may be formed, it is possible to reduce sensormalfunction due to the introduction of dust, moisture, or the like,which is generated as the inlet hole increases.

Moreover, according to an embodiment of the present invention, since themicrophone sensor and the gas sensor are integrated into one package,the health information of a user who has performed a voice recognitionmay be easily checked as the voice recognition is performed through themicrophone sensor.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, since thesame air is introduced into the microphone and the gas sensor, only theuser's voice signal (air) used for the voice recognition may beintroduced into the gas sensor, so that a more accurate health statuscheck may be performed, and thus the user satisfaction can be improved.

Hereinafter, the structure of the first sensor 120 capable of passingthe air that has transmitted the sound wave to transmit into the packageaccommodation space while detecting the sound wave will be described inmore detail.

First, the first sensor 120 may be fabricated by using MEMS technology,and may operate in any one of electrostatic, piezoelectric, andcondenser methods.

FIGS. 3 to 6 are diagrams illustrating various embodiments of the firstsensor 120 shown in FIG. 1.

First, referring to FIG. 3, the first sensor 120 includes a sensor body201 including a hollow portion 202, a vibrating membrane 203 including afirst air inlet hole 204, a back plate 206 including a second air inlethole 207, and a support part 205 for supporting the back plate 206 whilefixing the back plate 206 to the sensor body 201.

The first sensor 120 may form an insulating layer on an upper side ofthe sensor body 201 of a single crystal silicon by using a silicon bulkmicromachining and accordingly, the hollow portion 202 and the vibratingmembrane 203 may be implemented by operating by anisotropic wet etchingor dry etching. In addition, when the hollow portion 202 and thevibrating membrane 203 are formed, the first sensor 120 may beimplemented by depositing the back plate 206 supported by the supportpart 205 using a sacrificial layer according to a silicon surfacemicromachining.

At this point, a first air inlet hole 204 for air pressure balancebetween the hollow portion 202 and the package accommodation space maybe formed at the vibrating membrane 203, and a second air inlet hole 207may be formed at the back plate 206.

The vibrating membrane 203 may be disposed to cover the hollow portion202 of the sensor body 201. Meanwhile, an oxide layer (not shown) may beadditionally disposed between the sensor body 201 and the vibratingmembrane 203.

A back plate 206 may be disposed on the vibrating membrane 203 and theback plate 206 may be fixed to the sensor body 201 by the support part205. The back plate 206 may be made of polysilicon or metal.

Meanwhile, an air layer may be formed between the vibrating membrane 203and the back plate 206 so that the vibrating membrane 203 and the backplate 206 may be spaced apart from each other at a predetermineddistance.

The vibrating membrane 203 vibrates according to a sound wavetransmitted through the through hole 160 of the substrate 110. That is,when a sound wave is introduced through the through hole 160 of thesubstrate 110, the sound wave is introduced into the hollow portion 202of the sensor body 201, so that the flexible vibrating membrane 203vibrates. At this time, a distance between the vibrating membrane 203and the back plate 206 changes as the vibrating membrane 203 vibrates bythe sound wave from the outside. Accordingly, capacitance between thevibrating membrane 203 and the back plate 206 is changed and suchchanged capacitance is transmitted to the signal processing device 140via a pad (not shown) connected to the back plate 206.

The signal processing device 140 converts the transmitted capacitanceinto an electric signal and outputs the electric signal.

As described above, the first sensor 120 includes a vibrating membrane203 and a back plate 206 and a hole capable of passing the air is formedat the vibrating membrane 203 and the back plate 206, and accordingly,the capacitance is changed by the sound wave and simultaneously, the airtransmitting the sound wave is passed.

Further, the passing air is moved into the cover 150 covering the firstsensor 120, that is, into the package accommodation space, and the movedair is transmitted to the second sensor 130.

Meanwhile, the first sensor 120 may have a structure different from thatof FIG. 3.

That is, referring to FIG. 4, the first sensor 120 includes a sensorbody 301, a membrane support part 303, a first insulating layer 302, asecond insulating layer 305, a back plate 307, a membrane 306, and aspring 303.

Referring to FIG. 4, a first insulating layer 302 and a back plate 307are formed on the sensor body 301, and a second insulating layer 305 isformed to surround the back plate 307.

Furthermore, a membrane 306 is formed to be spaced apart from each otheron the back plate 307 at a predetermined distance 308 and a membranesupport part 303 is formed to connect the membrane 306 to the sensorbody 301.

A spring 304 is provided between the membrane 306 and the membranesupport part 303 to provide a buffer function. The spring 304 serves toprevent deformation due to external stress due to packaging.

Reviewing an operation principle of the first sensor 120 shown in FIG.4, a bias voltage having a predetermined value is applied between themembrane 306 and the back plate 307 to sense a change in capacitance.

In addition, the membrane 306 vibrates in accordance with a sound wavetransmitted through the through hole 160 of the substrate 110, so thatthe membrane 306 is moved toward the back plate 307 or away from theback plate 307, and accordingly, a space between the membrane 306 andthe back plate 307 changes. Accordingly, the capacitance between themembrane 306 and the back plate 307 is changed, and such changedcapacitance is transmitted to the signal processing device 140.

The signal processing device 140 converts the transmitted capacitanceinto an electric signal and outputs the electric signal.

As described above, the first sensor 120 is formed with the back plate307 and the membrane 306 is formed with a hole capable of passing theair (in the case of a membrane, a spring), and accordingly, thecapacitance is changed by the sound wave and simultaneously, the airthat has transmitted the sound wave is passed.

Further, the passing air is moved into the cover 150 covering the firstsensor 120, that is, into the package accommodation space, and the movedair is transmitted to the second sensor 130.

FIG. 5 is a modified example of the first sensor 120 shown in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 5, the first sensor 120 includes a sensor body 301, aplurality of back plates 305 formed with an air inlet hole, and amembrane 302 supported by a spring 303.

As described above, in the first sensor 120, a plurality of back plates305 may be disposed with the membrane 302 therebetween and to be facingthe membrane 302. That is, the membrane 302 may be disposed between theplurality of back plates 305.

Therefore, as the sound wave is generated, vibration occurs at themembrane 302, and a distance between the membrane 302 and a lower backplate and a distance between the membrane and an upper back plate changeaccording to the generated vibration.

In addition, the capacitance changes as the distance between themembrane 302 and the lower back plate and the distance between themembrane and the upper back plate change.

Meanwhile, the first sensor 120 may be implemented by a dischargemethod.

For this, referring to FIG. 6, the first sensor 120 may include a sensorbody 401 and a diaphragm.

The diaphragm is formed in a plurality of layers on the sensor body 401,and is separated horizontally through an air inlet hole 405.

Reviewing this in detail, a silicon oxide layer 402 is disposed on thesensor body 401.

Further, a diaphragm is disposed on the silicon oxide layer 402, and thediaphragm includes a plurality of first electrode layers 403 and secondelectrode layers 404 disposed between the plurality of first electrodelayers 403.

The plurality of first electrode layers 403 may include a first lowerelectrode layer, a first central electrode layer, and a first upperelectrode layer. Furthermore, the plurality of first electrode layers403 may be formed of molybdenum.

In addition, a plurality of second electrode layers 404 include a secondlower electrode layer disposed between the first lower electrode layerand the first central electrode layer and a second upper electrode layerdisposed between the first central electrode layer and the first upperelectrode layer. Further, the plurality of second electrode layers 404may be formed of aluminum nitride.

In the first sensor 120 having the above structure, air inlet holes 405are formed in a plurality of layers constituting the diaphragm, and theair which has transmitted the sound wave passes through the air inletholes 405.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an operation principle of the compositesensor package according to the first embodiment of the presentinvention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the composite sensor package includes a cover 150disposed on a substrate 110 to surround an upper region of the substrate110, and a first sensor 120, a second sensor 130, and a signalprocessing device 140 are disposed in the upper region of the substratesurrounded by the cover 150, respectively.

Furthermore, a through hole 160 is formed at the substrate 110, and theuser may generate a voice through the through hole 160.

When the voice is generated, a sound wave is transmitted via the air andis transmitted into a hollow portion of the first sensor 120 through thethrough hole 160, and the sound wave transmitted into the hollow portionstimulates the first sensor 120 to generate vibration. In addition, aprimary sensing operation is performed through the first sensor 120 bythe transmitted sound wave.

After the primary sensing operation is performed, the air that hastransmitted the sound wave is introduced into the package accommodationspace surrounded by the cover 150 through the air inlet hole formed atthe first sensor 120.

Further, the passing air is transmitted to the second sensor 130disposed in the package accommodation space, and the second sensor 130performs a secondary sensing operation for the transmitted air.

That is, the second sensor 130 may be a gas sensor, and detects a gasincluded in the transmitted air.

As described above, in the present invention, the first sensor 120 andthe second sensor 130 sense a signal by the air introduced through onethrough hole 160.

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a first sensor 120 of a condenser typeaccording to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the first sensor 120 has a structure in which aback plate 501 is disposed on a sensor body 502 using a MEMS technology,and a vibrating membrane 504 is disposed with a spacer 503 therebetween,respectively.

Since the structure of the first sensor 120 is already known in the art,a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the first sensor 120 of the condenser type has a structure inwhich a hole is not formed at the vibrating membrane 504 so that the airthat has transmitted a sound wave to the package accommodation space maynot pass therethrough and remain in a hollow portion of the sensor body502.

Accordingly, in the present invention, the sensor body 502 is formedwith an air passage hole 505 through which air can pass, and air stayingin the hollow portion is introduced into the package accommodation spacethrough the air passage hole 505.

At this point, when a sound wave is introduced from the outside by theair passage hole 505, the vibrating membrane 504 vibrates, so thatexternal air may freely pass through the air passage hole 505, and anequilibrium state of the acoustic pressure fluctuation may be reachedaccording to the passage of the vibrating membrane 504, and thussensitivity and acoustic characteristics can be improved.

In addition, the air that has transmitted the sound wave is introducedinto the package accommodation space through the air passage hole 505,so that a secondary sensing operation is performed by the second sensor130.

FIG. 9 is a view for explaining an operation principle of a compositesensor package according to a second embodiment of the presentinvention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the composite sensor package includes a cover 150disposed on a substrate 110 to surround an upper region of the substrate110, and a first sensor 120, a second sensor 130, and a signalprocessing device 140 are disposed in the upper region of the substratesurrounded by the cover 150, respectively.

Furthermore, a through hole 160 is formed at the substrate 110, and theuser may generate a voice through the through hole 160.

When the voice is generated, a sound wave is transmitted via the air andis transmitted into a hollow portion of the first sensor 120 through thethrough hole 160, and the sound wave transmitted into the hollow portionstimulates the first sensor 120 to generate vibration. In addition, aprimary sensing operation is performed through the first sensor 120 bythe transmitted sound wave.

After the primary sensing operation is performed, the air that hastransmitted the sound wave is introduced into the package accommodationspace surrounded by the cover 150 through the air passage hole 505formed at the sensor body 502 of the first sensor 120.

Further, the passing air is transmitted to the second sensor 130disposed in the package accommodation space, and the second sensor 130performs a secondary sensing operation for the transmitted air.

That is, the second sensor 130 may be a gas sensor, and detects a gasincluded in the transmitted air.

As described above, in the present invention, the first sensor 120 andthe second sensor 130 sense a signal by the air introduced through onethrough hole 160 formed at a substrate.

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a detailed structure of a second sensorshown in FIG. 1. Hereinafter, the second sensor 130 will be described asan example of a gas sensor.

Referring to FIG. 10, (a) is a perspective view of a gas sensoraccording to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a gassensing part 131 for detecting a gas via a sensing material or a sensingchip may be disposed at a surface of a body 132, an electrode pattern133 capable of connecting an external terminal to an adjacent surfacemay be provided, and the gas sensing part 131 and the electrode pattern133 may be electrically connected to each other.

(b) of FIG. 10 illustrates a lower surface of the second sensor 130shown in (a), and the lower surface of the second sensor 130 has astructure in which a predetermined cavity 134 is formed in the body 132,so that it is more preferable to be able to secure a gas staying time.

(c) of FIG. 10 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the second sensor130. The second sensor 130, like the structure of FIG. 10 is mounted ata surface of the substrate 110 in FIG. 1 to detect a gas staying in thepackage accommodation space formed by the cover 150, in particular, thegas included in the air introduced through the first sensor 120.

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FIG. 11 is a view illustrating a structure of a composite sensor packageaccording to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12is a cross-sectional view illustrating a detailed structure of thecomposite sensor package shown in FIG. 11.

Referring to FIG. 11, the composite sensor package includes a substrate610, a first sensor 620 disposed on the substrate 610, a case 650disposed on the substrate 610 to surround the first sensor 640, and asignal processing device 630 and a second sensor 640 disposed in theaccommodating space inside the first sensor.

Further, referring to FIG. 12, a detailed structure of the compositesensor package includes a case 650, diaphragms 621 and 624, backelectrode plates 622 and 623, and a substrate 610, and the diaphragms621 and 624 and the back electrode plates 622 and 623 are housed in aninsulating housing formed by the case 650 so as to maintain a mutuallyelectrically insulating relationship.

The substrate 610 is a support substrate of a composite sensor packagein which a single pattern is formed. At this point, the substrate 610may refer to one insulating layer on which any one circuit pattern ofthe substrate having a plurality of laminated structures is formed.

The substrate 610 forms an insulating plate, and may be a thermosettingor thermoplastic polymer substrate, a ceramic substrate, anorganic-inorganic composite material substrate, or a glassfiber-impregnated substrate. The substrate 610 may include anepoxy-based insulating resin such as FR-4, bismaleimide triazine (BT),and Ajinomoto build-up film (ABF) when including a polymer resin, oralso include a polyimide-based resin unlike the above, but is notparticularly limited thereto.

A circuit pattern is formed on the substrate 610. The circuit patternmay be formed by a general process of manufacturing a PCB, such as anadditive process, a subtractive process, an MSAP, a SAP, etc., anddetailed descriptions thereof will be omitted herein.

Meanwhile, the circuit pattern may include a plurality of patternsdisposed to be spaced apart on the substrate at a predetermineddistance. The circuit pattern may generally include at least one of asurface treatment plated layer of, silver, gold, and tin to copper.

A via hole is formed at the substrate 610, so that circuit patternsformed on upper and lower surfaces of the substrate 610 may beelectrically connected to each other.

Meanwhile, the via hole may be formed by any one of mechanical, laser,and chemical processing.

When the via hole is formed by mechanical processing, a method such asmilling, drilling and routing may be used. When the via hole 125 isformed by laser processing, a method of UV or CO₂ laser can be used. Andwhen the via hole is formed by chemical processing, the substrate 610may be opened by using a chemical including aminosilane, ketones, or thelike.

Meanwhile, the laser processing is a cutting method in which a part of amaterial is melted and evaporated by concentrating optical energy on asurface to take a desired shape. Complex formation by a computer programcan be easily processed, and composite materials that are difficult tocut by other methods can be processed.

In addition, the processing by the laser can have a cutting diameter ofat least 0.005 mm, and has a wide range of thickness that can beprocessed.

As the laser processing drill, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser, CO₂laser or ultraviolet (UV) laser is preferably used. The YAG laser is alaser capable of processing both a copper foil layer and an insulatinglayer, and the CO₂ laser is a laser capable of processing only aninsulating layer.

The via hole is filled with a metal material to form a via so that atleast one of the circuit patterns formed on the lower surface of thesubstrate 610 may function as an output pad for transmitting a signal ofthe composite sensor package to the outside and the other may functionas an input pad for transmitting a signal transmitted from the outsideto a device in the composite sensor package.

The case 650 is formed to surround the upper region of the substrate andmay be made of a conductive material such as nickel, copper, aluminum,and copper, or an alloy thereof. Further, a through hole 651 is formedat the case 650 so that the air including a sound wave may be introducedfrom the outside.

The diaphragms 621 and 624 are vibrated by external stimulationtransmitted through the through hole 651 of the case 650, that is, asound wave by a voice signal so that a single polarity of a capacitorthat generates a change in electric field may be formed.

The diaphragms 621 and 624 are made of a diaphragm made of a polymerfilm having an electric field phenomenon in which electric chargesremain even after removing the electric field when a strong electricfield is applied. The diaphragms 621 and 624, which are polymercompounds, always have electric charges, so that an external DC voltagelike an electrostatic type is not necessary.

The diaphragms 621 and 624 are composed of a polarity ring 624 and avibrating membrane 621 in detail. The polarity ring 624 is used toseparate and maintain a gap between the vibrating membrane 621 and aninner surface of the case 650, and the vibrating membrane 621 is incontact with one surface thereof. The polarity ring 624 is formed in theform of a donut or ring by using a metal such as copper and an alloythereof and serves as a conductor for electrically connecting thesubstrate 610 and the vibrating membrane 621 via the case 650. Thevibrating membrane 621 is made of a film of insulating material such aspolyethylene terephthalate (PET) of a thickness of several micrometersand serves to change an electric field by the vibration caused by anacoustic pressure.

In the back electrode plates 622 and 623, the capacitance changes due toa change in the vibration transmitted from the diaphragms 621 and 624,that is, separation displacement between the vibrating membrane 621 andthe back electrode plates 622 and 623 serve to convert a voice signalinto an electric signal by using the principle that the accumulatedelectric charges of the back electrode plates 622 and 623 changedepending on the change of the capacitance. That is, an original voicesignal is converted into an electric signal by using different currentsflowing depending on a change in sound.

The back electrode plates 622 and 623 are constructed such that anelectret film 622 to be injected with an electric charge is adhered toone surface of a metal plate 623 facing the diaphragms 621 and 624, andthe electret film 622 faces the diaphragms 621 and 624 via a spacer ring625, which is an insulator, as a medium at a predetermined distance, andforms a capacitor region for forming an electric field therebetween. Theelectret film 622 is thermally fused and fixed to one surface of theback electrode plates 622 and 623 facing the diaphragms 621 and 624through laminating, and the other polarity of the capacitor facing thediaphragm is formed by injecting the electric charge using an electriccharge injector.

The electret film 622 is preferably made of one selected from a polymerfilm such as fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP),polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), perfluoroalkoxy (PFA), or the like, andit is preferable that the metal plate 623, in which an electret film isattached to one surface thereof, is made of at least one of gold,bronze, brass and phosphor bronze. In addition, a height of the spacerring separating the back electrode plate from the diaphragm may beselectively applied within a range of 0.01 to 0.04 mm.

Meanwhile, a connection part 626 is disposed on the substrate 610.

One end of the connection part 626 is connected to a circuit patternformed on the substrate 610 and the other end is connected to a lowersurface of the metal plate 623.

At this point, the connection part 626 is formed with a predeterminedheight, and spaces apart between the back electrode plate and thesubstrate at a predetermined distance, and accordingly, an accommodatingspace capable of receiving the second sensor and the signal processingdevice on the substrate may be formed.

Meanwhile, a second sensor 640 and a signal processing device 630 aredisposed on the substrate 610.

The signal processing device 630 may include a field effect transistor(FET) for amplifying and outputting an electric signal to refine atransmitted electric signal and transmit the electric signal to anexternal device, and an multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) forfiltering a signal output from the FET, and a circuit pattern is formedon the substrate 610 to provide electrical passages thereof.

The vibrating membrane 621 is formed with a first air passage hole 627for passing air therethrough and a second air passage hole 628 is formedat the electret film 622 and the metal plate 623 at positionscorresponding to the first air passage holes 627.

The first air passage hole 627 and the second air passage hole 628 passthe air that has transmitted the sound wave detected by the diaphragmand the back plate, and accordingly, transmit to the second sensor 640disposed in the accommodating space.

In addition, the second sensor 640 is disposed in the first sensor anddetects a state of the air by receiving the air that has transmitted thesound wave introduced into the first sensor. The state of the air mayinclude a state of a gas included in the air.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the presentinvention, a first sensor constituting a microphone sensor is disposedon a substrate, and a case is formed while surrounding the substrate andthe first sensor.

Further, a through hole is formed at the case to transmit a sound waveto the first sensor.

Meanwhile, a signal processing device and a second sensor are disposedin an accommodating space inside the first sensor.

Furthermore, the first sensor detects the sound wave, andsimultaneously, passes the air that has transmitted the sound wavethrough an internal air passage hole to transmit to the second sensordisposed in the accommodating space.

In addition, the second sensor detects a state of the air passing thefirst sensor, which may be in a gas state.

FIG. 13 is a view for explaining an operation principle of the compositesensor package shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.

Referring to FIG. 13, in the composite sensor package, a case 650 isdisposed on a substrate 610 to surround an upper region of the substrate610, and a first sensor 620 is disposed at the upper region of thesubstrate surrounded by the case 650.

Further, a second sensor 640 and a signal processing device 630 aredisposed in an accommodating space inside the first sensor 620,respectively.

Further, a through hole 651 is formed at the case 650, and the user maygenerate a voice through the through hole 651.

When the voice is generated, a sound wave is transmitted via the air andis transmitted to the first sensor 620 through the through hole 651, anda primary sensing operation is performed through the first sensor 620.

After the primary sensing operation is performed, the air that hastransmitted the sound wave is introduced into the accommodating spaceinside the first sensor 620.

Furthermore, the air that has transmitted the sound wave is transmittedto the second sensor 640 disposed inside the first sensor 620 and thesecond sensor 640 performs a secondary sensing operation for thetransmitted air.

That is, the second sensor 640 may be a gas sensor, and detects a gasincluded in the transmitted air.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an integratedpackage is configured by integrating a microphone sensor and anenvironmental sensor having the same requirement for a configuration ofa package, thereby improving performance while reducing a size or costof a sensor.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, byforming only one inlet hole through which external air may flow into acomposite sensor package, it is possible to reduce malfunction of asensor due to the introducing of dust, moisture or the like, which isgenerated as the inlet hole increases.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as voicerecognition is performed via the microphone sensor by configuring amicrophone sensor and a gas sensor as an integrated package, it ispossible to easily check health information of a user who has performedthe voice recognition.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, byallowing the same air to flow into a microphone sensor and a gas sensor,it is possible to make a voice signal (air) of only a user used in thevoice recognition flow into the gas sensor, so that a more accuratecheck of health condition can be performed, thereby improving usersatisfaction.

The characteristics, structures and effects described in the embodimentsabove are included in at least one embodiment but are not limited to oneembodiment. Furthermore, the characteristic, structure, and effectillustrated in each embodiment may be combined or modified for otherembodiments by a person skilled in the art. Thus, it would be construedthat contents related to such a combination and such a modification areincluded in the scope of the present invention.

Embodiments are mostly described above. However, they are only examplesand do not limit the present invention. A person skilled in the art mayappreciate that several variations and applications not presented abovemay be made without departing from the essential characteristics of theembodiments. For example, each component particularly represented in theembodiments may be varied. In addition, it should be construed thatdifferences related to such a variation and such an application areincluded in the scope of the present invention defined in the followingclaims.

1. A composite sensor package comprising: a substrate; a first sensorand a second sensor disposed on the substrate at a predetermineddistance therebetween; a signal processing device disposed on thesubstrate and processing a signal transmitted via the first and secondsensors; and a cover disposed on the substrate and including a packageaccommodation space surrounding the first sensor, the second sensor andthe signal processing device, wherein the first sensor senses a state ofair introduced from an outside and transmits the introduced air to thepackage accommodation space, and the second sensor senses a state of theair passing the first sensor and introduced into the packageaccommodation space.
 2. The composite sensor package of claim 1, whereinthe substrate includes a through hole formed at a region in which thefirst sensor is disposed and transmitting a sound wave to the firstsensor.
 3. The composite sensor package of claim 2, wherein the firstsensor detects a sound wave introduced through the through hole, andpasses air that has transmitted the introduced sound wave and transmitsthe air to the package accommodation space.
 4. The composite sensorpackage of claim 2, wherein the first sensor is a microphone sensor, andthe second sensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor, ahumidity sensor, a pressure sensor, and a gas sensor for sensing a stateof air that has transmitted the sound wave.
 5. The composite sensorpackage of claim 2, wherein the first sensor includes a sensor bodydisposed on the substrate and having a hollow portion formed at a regioncorresponding to the through hole, a vibrating membrane covering thehollow portion and disposed on the sensor body and having a first airpassage hole formed therein, and a back plate supported by the sensorbody and disposed on the vibrating membrane and having a second airpassage hole formed therein.
 6. The composite sensor package of claim 5,wherein the first sensor outputs a signal corresponding to a change inthe distance between the vibrating membrane and the back plate due tovibration generated by the sound wave, and transmits air that hastransmitted the sound wave through the first air passage hole and thesecond air passage hole to the package accommodation space.
 7. Thecomposite sensor package of claim 2, wherein the first sensor includes asensor body disposed on the substrate and having a hollow portion formedat a region corresponding to the through hole, a back plate covering thehollow portion and disposed on the sensor body and having an air passagehole formed therein, and a membrane supported by a spring by the sensorbody and disposed on the back plate.
 8. The composite sensor package ofclaim 7, wherein the back plate is disposed at an upper portion and alower portion of the membrane, respectively, with the membranetherebetween.
 9. The composite sensor package of claim 7, wherein thefirst sensor outputs a signal corresponding to a change in the distancebetween the membrane and the back plate due to vibration generated bythe sound wave, and transmits air that has transmitted the sound wavethrough the air passage hole and the spring to the package accommodationspace.
 10. The composite sensor package of claim 2, wherein the firstsensor includes a sensor body disposed on the substrate and having ahollow portion formed at a region corresponding to the through hole, afirst metal layer disposed on the sensor body and including molybdenum,and a second metal layer disposed between the plurality of first metallayers and including aluminum nitride, and an air passage hole is formedat the first metal layer and the second metal layer to pass air that hastransmitted the sound wave.
 11. The composite sensor package of claim 2,wherein the first sensor includes a sensor body disposed on thesubstrate and having a hollow portion formed at a region correspondingto the through hole, a back plate disposed on the sensor body, and avibrating membrane disposed on the back plate, with a spacertherebetween, and an air passage hole is formed at a lower portion ofthe sensor body to transmit air that has transmitted the sound wave tothe package accommodation space.
 12. The composite sensor package ofclaim 1, wherein the second sensor includes a body disposed on thesubstrate, and a sensing part disposed on a surface of the body anddetecting a state of the air passing the first sensor and diffused intothe package accommodation space.
 13. A composite sensor packagecomprising: a substrate; a case covering an upper region of thesubstrate and including a first accommodation space therein; a firstsensor disposed in the first accommodation space on the substrate andincluding a second accommodation space therein; and a second sensordisposed in an accommodating space of the first sensor, wherein thesecond sensor is disposed in the first sensor and senses a state of airpassing the first sensor and introduced into the second accommodationspace.
 14. The composite sensor package of claim 13, wherein the caseincludes a through hole formed at a region in which the first sensor isdisposed and transmitting a sound wave to the first sensor.
 15. Thecomposite sensor package of claim 14, wherein the first sensor detects asound wave introduced through the through hole, and passes air that hastransmitted the introduced sound wave and transmits the air to thesecond accommodation space therein.
 16. The composite sensor package ofclaim 14, wherein the first sensor is a microphone sensor, and thesecond sensor includes at least one of a temperature sensor, a humiditysensor, a pressure sensor, and a gas sensor for sensing a state of airthat has transmitted the sound wave.
 17. The composite sensor package ofclaim 14, further comprising: a signal processing device which isdisposed in the second accommodation space for processing output signalsof the first sensor and the second sensor.
 18. The composite sensorpackage of claim 17, further comprising, a signal input/output pad whichis disposed on a lower surface of the substrate and electricallyconnected to the signal processing device.
 19. The composite sensorpackage of claim 14, wherein the first sensor includes a diaphragmvibrated by a sound wave transmitted through the through hole togenerate a change in electric field, a back electrode plate disposedunder the diaphragm and in which stored electric charges change due to achange in vibration transmitted from the diaphragm, and a connectionpart disposed between the back electrode plate and the substrate andspacing apart between the back electrode plate and the substrate to formthe second accommodating space.
 20. The composite sensor package ofclaim 19, wherein a first air passage hole is formed at the firstdiaphragm, a second air passage hole is formed at the second diaphragm,and the air that has transmitted the sound wave through the first andsecond air passage holes is transmitted into the second accommodationspace.